If you’ll recall from the last video, we used up all of the rope we had with us to reach the “eggshell winze” and so could not proceed any farther beyond that point. However, you should rest assured that there is no way, after seeing those unexplored levels on the 100 and 200, that we would not return to an abandoned mine with this much potential.
Based on the evidence from the levels that we have visited, it seems that a crew came through here in the 1930s for some survey and core drilling work. It’s difficult to say if any production happened then, but, at least on the 300 level, it doesn’t seem like it. The miners had the old strap rail on this level and things seemed pretty deteriorated. I would guess that the crew from the 1930s just passed through here on the way to the other levels.
The 1930s are almost a century ago and that is the last time that anyone was down until we arrived. It’s pretty wild to be exploring areas that no living human being has laid eyes on before… There aren’t many places on our planet where one can have that experience.
I would encourage you to stay with this series. As I said at the end of this video, the deeper levels get truly extraordinary…
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You can see the full TVR Exploring playlist of abandoned mines here: goo.gl/TEKq9L
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Thanks for watching!
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Growing up in California’s “Gold Rush Country” made it easy to take all of the history around us for granted. However, abandoned mine sites have a lot working against them - nature, vandals, scrappers and various government agencies… The old prospectors and miners that used to roam our lonely mountains and toil away deep underground are disappearing quickly as well.
These losses finally caught our attention and we felt compelled to make an effort to document as many of the ghost towns and abandoned mines that we could before that colorful niche of our history is gone forever.
I hope you’ll join us on these adventures!
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28 авг 2024
